londoner Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Yeah, Lee is a nice guy. He was talking to me about his book today after the BC show ended. Sounds like a very good read. This week i bought: - The sweet science - A.J Liebling. - Boxing’s greatest fighters - Bert Sugar - Come Out Writing: A Boxing Anthology - Bill Hughes & Patrick King - The Ringside Book of Boxing - O. F. Snelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Lee Groves seems to have a photographic memory. He just reels off facts and figures and knowledge on fighters and the sport every time we are in the BillyC TalkinBoxing Radio (Paltalk) Chatroom. Boxrec should hire him and ask him to complete their encyclopaedic sections. Alot of work needs to be done but he'd probably whizz through it. grin// Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Yeah, Lee really does know what he's talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Gonna get a book as the prize for the BUD KO CUP so will study this topic for the best book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dynamic Hispanic Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Bob Halloran's "Irish Thunder" about Micky Ward. Read this a few years back, really one of the best boxing reads I've read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siren1927 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Just finished reading Hands of stone, I cant quite put my finger on it, but I feel disappointed. Ricky Hattons book is very funny and a very good read for those who enjoy slightly longer in the bathroom than most Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telboy66 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Gonna get a book as the prize for the BUD KO CUP so will study this topic for the best book. A book token would be a better idea Rob, there are so many of us that read boxing books you bound to buy the one that the winner has already read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 Gonna get a book as the prize for the BUD KO CUP so will study this topic for the best book. A book token would be a better idea Rob, there are so many of us that read boxing books you bound to buy the one that the winner has already read Good idea Tel, Maybe even see if Amazon do something like that as their prices seem alot cheaper than traditional bookstores. Also alot more variety. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyg Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Uq7NX6zkL._SL500_AA300_.jpg A book that is so riveting Im sure a reader with no interest in boxing would be transfixed by it. The book is about the careers of both Johnny Owen & Lupe Pintor leading up to their fight and its horrible aftermath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleman370 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 i'm knew here, and little on the lazy side so i haven't read the whole thread, but any thread i see like this i have to mention both of aj lieblings boxing books "The Sweet Science" and "A Neutral Corner" as must reads, as well as budd schulbergs "Ringside" on my reading list is pierce egans "Boxiana" which liebling mentions over and over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Finally had delivered some Sonny Liston books. The original order was made at Christmas and when chasing up the order recently was told that the book was no longer available - only for the seller to readvertise it for £60. But I got two books instead - Sonny Liston - Night Train and Dancin' with Sonny liston (which seems to be on different subjects) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemurphy Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 I started reading a good book called From The Fields To The Garden by Stitch Duran, who's been one of the best cutmen in the business. A lot of the book deals with UFC, which he's been working the last few years along with Boxing, but the stories are still great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironjab Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 black lights by hauser, read it, its excellent, you all owe it to Billy Costello to read it, you dont really but it is really a good read, RIP Billy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danners2003 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 My fav boxing book i read was the nigel benn one, really really good life story. i got it off amaon for a fiver, worth a look! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londoner Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Here are a couple of book websites i've been recommended in the last year: http://www.abebooks.co.uk/ http://biblio.co.uk/ They sell both new and used books. Type in the book you want and you can specify whether you want new, used or both in your searches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Currently reading Wales and its boxers - A fighting tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Currently reading http://ecimages.kobobooks.com/Image.ashx?imageID=OXRhXPmZvkCJy8-W8MEC0w&Type=Full It is from the perspective of the writer, Elliot Worsell. Elliot started out as an online writer and poster on Eastsideboxing. Overtime he befriend Haye and Booth and became an important part of their team. Everyone knows I'm a big fan of 'The hayemaker' but I think this is a book that any boxing fan would enjoy as it is an honest and insightful account of Haye and also a look into online writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsnell Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Got a signed copy from Mick today, its very good and loads of guys i never heard about. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v466/robertsnell/mickhillbook.jpg Mick Hill has recently produced a worthy book on the English Prize Ring. For those of you that don't know Mick, he has long held an interest in boxing, and in particular, the days of bare-knuckle fighting. Mick has produced a 200-page book on the prominent boxers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and he has ensured that many of the lesser-known names of this period are included, in the form of mini-biographies. There are nearly 80 pugilists featured within the book and some of them will be new to even the most fervent follower of boxing during the bare-knuckle age. Two of the first three names included within the book, for instance, are Tom Pipes and Bill Gretting, and it is a welcome change to see the stories of men such as these recorded. As well as producing a page on each boxer which describes their achievements Mick has also taken the trouble to produce their fighting record and virtually all of them also have an illustration. Another welcome addition is the inclusion of the nickname, and so many of these boxers were well-known by their nickname. As an example, the exploits of Jeremy Massey aka "The Stunted Lifeguardsman" can be followed on page 184 and, as well as the biographical details relating to his career, which are spread across two pages, one call also see full details of his fight record. 18 contests are listed for the period between 1842 and 1856 and one will find that Massey was once proclaimed the "Best in the land at Featherweight". It is a nice little book and would be a welcome addition to the bookshelves of a boxing bibliophile. The price is £13.99. To purchase a copy please order from www.fastprint.net/bookshop or Amazon. On Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/Famous-Pugilists-English-Prize-Ri/dp/178035505X/ref=sr_1_25?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1365594385&sr=1-25&keywords=bareknuckle+boxing Or to contact Mick direct please email [email protected] Contents Champions of England James Figg 3 Tom Pipes 6 Bill Gretting 8 George Taylor 10 Jack Broughton 13 London Prize Ring Rules (Broughton’s Rules) 16 Jack Slack 18 William Stevens 21 George Meggs 23 George Milsom 24 Tom Juchau 25 William Darts 26 Tom Lyons 28 Peter Corcoran 29 Harry Sellers 31 Duggan Fearns 33 Tom Johnson 34 Benjamin Brain 36 Daniel Mendoza 38 John Jackson 41 Tom Owen 43 Jack Bartholomew 45 Jem Belcher 47 Hen Pearce 50 John Gully 53 Tom Cribb 55 Tom Spring 58 Tom Cannon 60 Jem Ward 62 Peter Crawley 65 James Burke 67 The London Prize Ring Rules 1838 70 William Thompson 71 Ben Caunt 74 Nick Ward 76 William Perry 78 Harry Broome 81 Tom Paddock 83 Tom Sayers 86 Sam Hurst 90 Jem Mace 92 Tom King 97 Joe Wormald 99 Middleweights Tom Belcher 102 Jack Scroggins 105 Ned Turner 109 Jack Randall 112 Aby Belasco 115 Jack Martin 118 Bishop Sharpe 121 Alec Reid 124 Tom Gaynor 128 Harry Jones 131 Samuel Evans 135 Johnny Lane 138 James Wharton 141 Nat Langham 144 Bob Brettle 146 Lightweights Caleb Baldwin 152 Sam Elias 154 Barney Aaron 157 Dick Curtis 160 Owen Swift 163 Johnny Hannan 166 Johnny Broome 168 Johnny Walker 170 Ned Donnelly 172 Jack Jones 174 Bill Hayes 176 Bob Travers 179 Featherweights Jem Massey 184 William Gill 187 Alf Walker 189 Joe Nolan 191 Bill Gilham 194 Dan Thomas 197 Bantamweights Joe Hoiles 202 Charlie Lynch 204 George Holden 206 Peter Morris 208 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telboy66 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Just had a friend given me the Tiger Flowers book "Georgia Tiger" haven't started it yet has anyone read it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Just had a friend given me the Tiger Flowers book "Georgia Tiger" haven't started it yet has anyone read it --- No, but Tiger Flowers is something of an unknown great in a great many controversial bouts against other greats as one of the first ever top southpaw fighters not to mention being born black in the heart of the deep South just two decades after the Civil War had ended, so it sounds worth reading if you like historical fighters. I'd stay away from that "Pussycat of Boxing" title that came out a few years back. Not only a poor title, but poorly researched while greatly opinionated with generous sprinklings of modern black power politics of which preacher Flowers wouldn't identify with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telboy66 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Thanks mate,it looks a good on about an unsung hero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRingRules Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Thanks mate,it looks a good on about an unsung hero --- On a side note, there's probably the most definitive Harry Greb bio released recently. The author is a genuine Type A holier than thou personality who gums up boxrec in spasmodic spurts of keyboard warrior aggressiveness before disappearing, but he's is dedicated to the craft of Greb to the Max and likely has some new Tiger Flower tidbits. Those two are forever peas in a pod having fought each other in a great disputed series at the end of their prematurely shortened careers. They both died on the operating table a year apart while having facial injuries repaired. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Kb9HeNoLL._SY300_.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James McKnight83 Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Sugar Ray Leonard's book is a fascinating read - The big Fight: My story King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero Four Kings: Leonard, Hagler, Hearns, Duran and the Last Great Era of Boxing Dark Trade: Lost in boxing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WelshDevilRob Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations [h=1]Fighting Men of London book promo[/h] Seven ex-professional boxers who fought in a golden age of British boxing share their experiences. Find out more here:http://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sould664 Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Re: The Boxing Book thread - Recommendations Thanks for all the recommendations, will look into a few of these! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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